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Owl and Parrot Aviaries
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- The Owl Aviary north of the East Footbridge and the Parrot Aviary north east of the Parrot House were both built as parts of public toilet blocks. Built 1957, Franz Stengelhofen, architect.
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Flamingo Pool
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- The Flamingo Pool was formed on the site of a wolverine, jackal and fox enclosure. Latterly used by pelicans, it has now reverted to its original use. Built 1965. Relandscaped 1992 with funding from BOC Limited.
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West Tunnel
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- The West Tunnel is a pedestrian subway leading under the Outer Circle, made to improve circulation to and from t he Middle Gardens in response to the increasing number of visitors. This was the first building work taken up after World War One. The concrete tunnel vault is decorated with paintings in the style of those of the caves of Lascaux and Altamira. Built 1919-20, in fulfilment of the 1913 scheme by Captain George Swinton with the Zoological Society of London's Garden Committee. Vault paintings 1954, by a team of students from the Royal Academy of Arts School of Painting working under Henry Rushbury. The paintings were lost in 2000 when the tunnel was strengthened.
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Former South Gate Kiosk
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- There is a small refreshment kiosk built to serve the South Gate, an entrance subsequently closed then cleared in 1985. Built 1976, John Toovey, architect.
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Shelter south of the Bird House
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- Built 1928, as a memorial to F H T Streatfield, FZS, who left a legacy of £300
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Barclay Court
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- Barclay Court was laid out as an improvement of the area in front of the Zoo's restaurant and shop. It intentionally recalls Captain George Swinton's 1913 scheme for a court on this site. Built 1989-90, with a £500,000 benefaction from Frederick and David Barclay; Clouston and Partners, landscape architects. The fountain became a flower bed in 2003. The statue of Guy was moved to the centre at the same time and it was renamed Oasis Court.
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Zoological Society of London Offices and Library
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- The Zoological Society of London Offices and Library building was erected to replace premises in Hanover Square. The Society's move to Regent's Park was prompted by the need for convenient access to the Zoo and for greater space for a growing library. The building's angular elevations are characteristic of Joass. The principal interior space in the building was originally the Society's Meeting Room and Library. It has since been divided horizontally and refitted as a reading room over book stacks (the Society's Meeting Rooms had moved to the Nuffield Building). Built 1909-1910, John James Joass, architect; G Godson and Sons, builders; lift made by Archibald Smith, Major and Stevens; cost £17,787. Attic and turret balustrading removed 1932. Library conversion 1932. Library conversion 1965, funded by Wolfson Foundation; Franz Stengelhofen and Colin Wears, architects.
First building in the Zoo with an electricity supply. A cable was run from here to the Insect House.
The Council Room, Reception and Library Lobby was refurbished in 2006.
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Prosectorium
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- Immediately east of the Bird House there is a small single storey brick building. This was built in 1908 as a prosectorium (pathology and post mortem laboratory) for the Zoo's sanatorium, which stood in the yard behind the Bird House from 1909 to 1956.
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Animal Hospital and Pathology Laboratory
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- The Animal Hospital and Pathology Laboratory (occupied by the Institute of Zoology's Department of Veterinary Science) was built as a 'Sanatorium and Quarantine Station' to replace the sanatorium north east of the Bird House (see Prosectorium). The siting is deliberately remote from the Zoo's animal houses. On the ground floor there are offices, an operating theatre, an X-ray room, a food preparation area and animal dens around the west and south sides leading to outdoor cages in a walled yard. The first floor has offices, laboratories and large cages. Built 1955-56, Franz Stengelhofen, architect.
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Wellcome Building
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- The Wellcome Building is a research centre built as the Wellcome Institute of Comparative Physiology. The Institute was established for the study of reproductive physiology by Zoological Society of London staff and Ford Foundation Fellows, and is now part of the Institute of Zoology. Built 1963, Franz Stengelhofen, architect.
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